Insecticide holder



s. D. GOLDISH INSECTICIDE HOLDER Filed Feb. 5, 1925 gvwenz 5am/le Debora/1 Gry/dish.

l time will prevent contact of the solid insecti Patented Feb. 7, 1928.

SADIE DEBORAH GOLDISH, Olli' MARIETTA, QHO.

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App1ication\1ed February', 1925. Serial'lio. 7,089.

My invention relates to holders for insecticides in solid 'forni and has 'for its objectto providea holder which will permit tree volatilization ot the insecticide and at the saine cide with the garment or `other article to be preserved from the attacks ot insects and will prevent waste oi' the insecticide.

Eorthe purpose of preventing moths from laying eggs in garments or other articles et silk, tur or wool or formed of fabrics containing silk or wool, cainphor either natural or. synthetic has long been used in solid form, the camphor volatilizing slowly and the emanations given ofi havingl the eiiect et keeping the moths away. Various other volatile substances capable of giving oil emanations which repel moths are used in place oit camphor, the most common compound for this purpose being known as mothballs. In the use of camphor or mothballs it has been common to place the solid insecticide in the pockets or folds of the garments or other article to be protected from moths. W'hen the garments or other articles are unwrapped the unevaporated residue ot the insecticide is liable to be wasted or it it remains in pook ets of garments keeps the garment impreg nated with the odor ot the insecticide when worn.

In order to prevent waste of the insecticide and to avoid having the insecticide in direct contact with the article to be protected as well as to avoid having the garment or other article carry with it any of the insectieide after it is unwrapped tor use, l have devised the holder ot' my present invention by which the solid insecticide may be so held as to permit it to give oli' its emana-tions freely while it cannot come in direct Contact with the garments or other articles and so that any portion of the solid insecticide which may remain after the garments or other articles are taken out for use, will be retained or further use.

It is the object ot my invent-ion to provide a holder for solid insecticides which will be simple7 inexpensive and effective for the purposes above stated.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a side view oi' one `forni of my holder.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view on line 2-2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a iront view, partly broken away, of my holder arranged in a bag.

Figure et is a vertical sectional view on line fl-Llo'f. Figure 13.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view on` line "ot Figure and Figure 6 is a front view of a sheetior wrapping` articles having'my holder applied thereto. j

lnthe drawings l indicates a holder for inothballs, andlike insecticide materials in solid torni, adapted ttor use in closets by streiehinp` it along over the hooks on which garments may be hung. This holder as shown consists oi a strip ci cheese cloth or like relatively loosely woven fabric 'folded to iorni a tube and having its edges stitched together. it laid along and resting onthe garinent supporting hooks the mothballs, or other solid insecticide material indicated as 2 should be distributed at suitable distances apart as indicated in Figur-e l so as to afford sources of evaporation ot the volatile material at substantially equal distances apart. It is essential that only a portion ot the tubular holder thus formed be of loosely woven fabric. lt' desired it may be 'termed ot a strip ot cheese cloth and a strip oi' closely woven cloth. The cheese cloth or other loosely woven material holds the moth balls, or other solid insecticide material, 'from contact with the garments and 'from falling to the floor to possibly be crushed into fragments. At the same time the open weave ot the cheese cloth atl'ords opportunity for tree escape of the volatile insecticide. l

In Figures 3 and 4l my invention is shown applied to a bag adapted to receive and store articles such as ture, woolen garments and other articles formed in whole or in part oit tur, wool, silk or other material on which the larvae ot the moth or other destructive insects leeds. 3 indicates the iront ot the have, shown in Figure 3 as partly broken away, Il indicates the back of the bag and 5 indicates loops by which the bag may be conveniently suspended. This bag is formed trom a sheet ot closely woven tabric by folding the sheet and stitching its sides and ends together. Secured to the back a ot' this bag by rows ot stitching 7 are strips 6 ot cheese cloth or like loosely woven material. These strips 6 preferably extend to the bottoni ot the bag and form separate receptacles tor mothballs or other solid in secticide, these receptacles being closed at their lower ends by a cross line ot stitching lill 8 the receptacles being left open at the top for insertion of the insecticide material. When the bag is hung from the loops 5 the mothballs or other solid insecticide 2 will tend to acculnulateat the lower ends ofthe Yi receptacles.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 6 the strips 6 are secured to a sheet of material 9 corresponding to the vback 4 of the bag shown inlFigure 3, the front 3 i of the. bag being omitted. Inv this form the device is adapted` to be hung against the Wall of a closet or wardrobe or4 may be folded orwrapped about the articles to be protected from moths. When so used the loops 5 may be omitted.

The material of the front 3 and back 4 of the bag, or of the sheet ;9` may be of any suitableinaterial which is not attacked by moths. I prefer to use for this purpose cloth Woven of cotton or linen closely Woven so as to ail'ord a firm support for the receptacles 6 to prevent the passage through it of the moths. For bags such as shown in Figures 3 and 4 it isparticularly desirable if cloth is used that it be "so closely Woven as to oifer considerable resistanceto the volatiles given oi by the mothballs, and if it is desired to retain the `volatiles within the bag ,convenient means.

y Having thus describe thecloth of which it is A`formed maybe rendered impervious-by any usual water proofing means. Paper of such toughness as to hold the stitching by which the strips 6 crming the receptacles for the mothballs may be used .'Forthe bags or the wrappers. "The bags to the back of which the strips 6 are ,secured may be of any convenient form and may be closed at their ends by any Any insecticide in solid form adapted to give of emanations repellent to insects `may be used instead of camhor or mothballs.

I claim 1s A `bag for articles to be protectedfrom moths formed of closely woven fabric and open at its upper end, having on the inner my invention what Y face of its back portion pockets open at their i upper ends adapted to contain moth balls `formed by strips of loosely woven material extending from the bottom of the bag to the upper edge of the back portion so that moth balls may be introduced into the pockets Without disturbing the articles to be prot tected contained in the bag. y

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature. i

i sADIE DEBoRAr-r GoLDIsH. 

